Flat-rim sink



Oct. 14, 1930. I

C. RAMSTEAD FLAT RIM SINK Filed May 12, 1930 dial Zea ji'amiaad synwanton Patented Oct. 14, v 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLESRAMSTEAD, OI OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA FLAT-RIM SINK Application filed Kay 12,

This invention aims to provide a sink which will be unusually sanitary,since the drain boards may'be located flush with the top of the sink,the drainboards being supported on a flange of the sink, and it beingpossible to mount the sink in clean sanitary cabinet, 'at the will of anoperator.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes may be made inthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the'spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section, a device constructed inaccordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a plan of the sink;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of the sink.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a sink 1 made of anymaterial now used in the construction of sinks. The sink 1 comprises abod '2 having an outlet 3 located wherever desired. Around its entirerim, at its upper edge, the body 2 of the sink 1 is supplied with a head4 carrying a depressed flange 5. A shoulder 6 is defined the flange 5.The upper surface of the flange 5 is parallel to'the upper edge 21 ofthe sink, the shoulder 6 being at right angles to the 'upper edge 21 ofthe sink.

1 The sink, constructed as described, and as shown in detail in Figures2 and 3, ma be used in a wide variety of ways, depen ing upon the tasteof the mechanic installing it, and the wishes of the person for whom theinstallation is made. If desired, the sink may be used in connectionwith a cabinet which, as a whole is marked by the numeral 7.

The cabinet 7 includes-corner posts 8 and intermediate posts 9 at thetop and at the 1980- Serlal Ho. 451,727.

back. The posts8 and 9 extend downwardly to and rest on sills 10. Theposts 8 and 9 extend upwardly and support top rails 11.. The top rails11 are connected by intermediate cross pieces 12 and end cross pieces14, II the upper surfaces of these cross ieces being flush with theupper surface of t e top rails 11. Against the corner osts 8 are securedend walls 15, one end wa 1 being omitted in the drawings. The end walls15 may be made of'any desired material, su'ch as tile.

Dra'inboards 16.are mounted on the cross pieces 12 and 14 and areprovided at their inner ends with reduced lips 17 resting on the flanges5 of the body 2 of the sink 1, the flanges 5 of the body of the sink, inturn rest ing on the intermediate cross pieces 12, the body 2 extendingdownwardly between the cross piece 12. The drainboards 16 may be made ofwood, but the word board is to be taken as indicating the shape of theparts 16, rather than, of necessity, the particular material out ofwhich they are made. Rubber coverings 18, or coverings of any othersuitable water-proof material, are mounted on and secured to thedrainboards 16. The

coverings 18 and the lips 17 of the drainboards 16 extend up close tothe shoulder 6 and may be cemented thereto. The upper surface of thecoverings 18 is flush with the upper surface 21 of the body 2 of thesink, the combin'ed height of the lip 17 and the thickness of thecovering 18 being equal to the height of the shoulder 6. Coverings 19,generally made of metal, are secured to the end walls 15, the end wallsbeing made of tile, if desired.

In the angles formed by the upper edge of a the end wall 15 and theouter edge of the drainboard 16, finishingstrips 22 are secured, andthese finishing strips 22 may be quarterrounds, having their outersurfaces flush with the outer surfaces of the coverings 18 and 19. Thecabinet may include a front 20, and, if desired a back like the front20. Around the extreme lower edge of the cabinet 6 may be placed 'afinishing strip 23.

The general construction is sanitary, watertight, and attractive, therebeing a tight joint where the top of the cabinet, represented by thedrainboards 16 and the coverings 18, comes up against the shoulder 6.

Havin thus described the invention, what is claime is V 1. In a deviceof the class described, a sink provided with a depressed marginal flangedefining a shoulder, a drainboard having a thinned lip resting on theshoulder, and a covering for the drainboard, the covering and the lipabutting against the shoulder, the combined thickness of the lip and ofthe covering being equal to the height of the shoulder, therebyrendering the upper surface of the covering flush with the upper edge ofthe sink.

2. In a device of the class described, a cabinet comprising crosspieces, a sink having a depressed marginal flange defining a shoulder,the flange restin on, the cross pieces, a drainboard supported on one ofthe cross pieces and provided with a thinned lip located above theflange, and a covering carried by the drainboard the covering and thelip abutting against the shoulder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature.

CHARLES RAMSTEAD.

